Basing apparatus



Aug- 4, 1931. H. GoosKENs ET AL 1,817,746

BASING APPARATUS Filed Feb. 20, 1930 i fa [MNTDAE:

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THEIR .A'TTDHNEY Patented Aug. 4,1931

vUNITED STATES PATENT- oFFic-r.

HENRICUS GOOSKENS .AND JOHANNES MARINUS VAN DER IPOEL, OF EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS, ASSIGNORS TO GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, A CORPORATION NEW Yom:

BASING 4.AIPIEARA'JEU'S Application yyle'd February 20, 1930, Serial No. 480,079, and in the Netherlands 5latch 23, 1929.

Our, invention relates to methods and apparatus for basing lamps and' similar articles, and more particularly for performing the operation of threading the leading-in wires of the lamp throu l1 apertures in the base preliminary to soldgering. The object of my invention is to eliminate the necessity for hand work in that operation.y i According to our inventionr the lamp and base are lplaced in holders at opposite ends of the device and the leading-in wires ex tending from the lamp are located in an intermediate guide. The' holders are thenA fnoved s o that lamp and base are drawn toward each other while the leading-in wires are threaded through the base apertures by the guide. The'guide is withdrawn before the lamp and base close upon each other. The specific device herein described is for use with the bayonet type of base as shown in the figures.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 a side elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with vour invention; Fig. 2 is a'plan-view of the` lamp base, base Iholder andthe leading-in wire guide; Figs. 3 to 7 'inclusive are schematic drawings showing the varibus positions the wire guide, the lamp base and the,

lamp assume in their regular cycley of 0peration; and Fig.8 is an end view of the lamp base, wire guide and leading-i'mwres when they are in the position shown Fig. 5,. Y Y Y Referring now'to the drawings, thel in- `candescent lamp 10, complete except for the base, is held within. the carriage 11 while its leading-in wires 12 rest. inl the grooves 13 of the .wire guide 14. The lamp'must rest. in such position that the leading-inwires will be horizontally disposed or'near- 1y so. The lamp base 15rests within the holder 16' in such position -that the holes 17 in thex'end thereof are lined up'with the i, grooves 13 in the wire guide 14. .When the 4.5 base pins 18 is placed ina depression in th 1 base holder, thus definitely in the base in the` require base is in the holder, L oneof vtthe placing` the holes lamp base and lamp are then movedby @the 50 mechanism toward each other-,'fromthcl pol position. The

ris .operated by. a suitable source. Such.

movement causes movement of'thelamp carriage 11 and the lcams 20 and 21 which in turn cause movement of the lamp,l lamp base and wire guide. Over the face of the cam 20 rides the roller 22 of the lever 23 -to which' is vattached spring 24 and which is carried by shaft 25. The variations inpthe cam` surface encountered by the roller 22 causes partial rotation of the shaft 25.y Rotation of that .shaft lswings lever 26 whose end engages the slot 27 of the base holder -16 and moves the holder and base carried thereby to the left ofthe figure. The wire lguide-14 is moved by means of cam 21 which :enga es the roller 28 carried by lever 29 to w 'ch isv attached spring 30. Lever 29 vactuates shaft' 31 carrying the lever 32` whose end engag a slot 33 in said guide and moves it downwardly to the left in the ways at the appropriate time to withdraw the' -defas shown in. Fig. 6.v This method 'of t reading the wires through the holes fori radio tubes, rectiers and similar ar.-

.ticles. such cases', it maybenecessary to vmi '85- in the base may also be` applied to basesV j y change the shape of the wire guide to take' care of the desirednumberand arrangement of .leading-in- Whatl we claim as'fnew'l and desire tof-:secure Patent of the Uliitedl States '1s e v vpparatus A:for 'inserting lead-wires .comprising a' bu`lb holder, a base at'l ,."meals'for'causing said holder holder; an intermediate-wireiide, actu.

v ase and 'ulb holder to-approach each other to said guideto`enter saidbase, means means is brought into operation by the opsitionin for subsequently withdrawing said guide andmeans whereby said withdrawing means is brought into operation by the operation of lsaid actuating means.

2. An apparatus for inserting lead wires in bases comprising a bulb holder, a base holder, anintermediate wire guide, actuating means for causing said base holder and bulb holder to approach each other to cause said guide to enter said base, means for subsequently withdrawing said guide and poit out of line with lsaid bulb and base an means whereby'said withdrawing eration of said actuating means,

3. An apparatus for threading lead wires inV bases comprising a bulb holder, a base, actuatingmechanism for causing said holdrers to approach each other,'a movable guide having grooves at the outer end thereof mounted intermediate of said bulb and base holders and` angularly disposed with reference to the line of movement thereof, means for withdrawing said guide when said .bulb andbase have reached'deinite positions andmeans whereby said withdrawing means is brought into operation by the operation of said actuating means.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this fourth day of February 1930.

' HENRICUS GOOSKENS.

JOHANNES MARINUS vvan der POEL. 

